251 canning recipes

Sweet and fiery banana chutney with Granny Smith apples, raisins, cayenne, ginger, and apple cider vinegar, baked until thick and jammy. Makes 4 cups of bold condiment for canning.

Crockpot applesauce walnut cake baked individually in canning jars. Warmly spiced single-serve dessert with cinnamon, clove, and toasted walnuts, slow-cooker style.

Pickled pumpkin with cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves, and orange juice in a sweet vinegar brine. A unique fall preserve that's perfect for canning and gifting.

A low-sugar blueberry spread set with gelatin instead of pectin, brightened with ginger and lemon zest. No canning required. Keeps a month in the fridge or a year in the freezer.

Summer cucumber crisps: refrigerator quick pickles with cloves, cinnamon, allspice, and mustard seed. Sweet-tart spiced pickle chips, no canning, ready overnight.

Freezer cucumber pickles with onions, sugar, and apple cider vinegar. No-canning sweet pickles that stay crisp for months in the freezer.

Strawberry-orange spread made with frozen strawberries, fresh orange juice, orange zest, and pectin. A quick freezer jam that's ready in 20 minutes with no canning equipment needed.

A unique applesauce cake baked directly in sterilized canning jars, creating shelf-stable gifts that can be sealed and stored at room temperature.

Pennsylvania Dutch pickled bell peppers stuffed with shredded cabbage, salt, and yellow mustard seeds, then submerged in cold vinegar. Old-fashioned cold-pack pickle that keeps for months without canning.

Honey spear pickles with cucumbers and onions brined overnight, then canned in a sweet honey-vinegar syrup with mustard seed, celery seed, and turmeric. A golden, sweet-tangy refrigerator or canning pickle.

Old-fashioned sweet crispy pickles brined for 14 days then finished in a cinnamon-clove vinegar syrup. A heritage canning recipe that rewards patience with the crunchiest, sweetest pickles you'll ever jar.

Hot three pepper relish made with sweet bell peppers, apple cider vinegar, and pectin for a thick, jam-like spread. A sweet-hot condiment that's perfect for canning and gift giving.

Home-canned peach pie filling spiced with cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, with apple and golden raisins for body. Four pints from one canning session means peach pie any month of the year.

Homemade maraschino cherries preserved in sugar syrup with almond extract and lemon juice. A three-day canning project for bright red cocktail cherries without artificial preservatives.

Mom's old-fashioned watermelon rind pickles soaked in lime water, then simmered in sweet spiced vinegar syrup until jewel-like and translucent. A Southern heirloom canning recipe worth the wait.

Watermelon rind pickle: sweet-spiced preserves made from the often-discarded rind with cloves, allspice, vinegar, and sugar. A Southern canning tradition worth keeping.